The historie of the world
Subtitle: in five bookes ...
By: by Sir Walter Ralegh, knight
Publisher: Printed for G. Lathum and R. Young
Published: 1634
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 669
Subjects: Ancient History
Notes: With engraved t.p. of the 1614 edition.

Signatures: pi₁,₂,₃ A-B⁶ C⁴ a⁶ b⁸ A-S⁶ T-V⁴, 2A-4V⁶, 5A-5Z⁶, a⁶ aa⁶ *⁶ **⁸(-**₅,₈) [**₈ has been replaced with last leaf of the 1666 ed. which refers to p. 1058?]

Portrait of author on t.p., head and tail pieces, initials.

Ben Johnson's stanzas "The middle of the front": p. [2](pi₁b)

"To the reader": p. [2]-[3](5Z₆)

"A chronologicall table": p. [4]-[29](a-aa⁶, *₁)

"An alphabeticall table": p. [30]-[54](*₂₋₆, **⁸)

Rare Book copy: Lacks first leaf with description of frontispiece ; in "A chronologicall table" pages are trimmed with some loss of text

Rare Book copy: Paging irregular: p. 392 numbered 391.

STC (2nd ed.) 20641

Sabin 67560[.5]
Table of contents: title: (from t.p.) 1 Intreating of the beginning and first ages of the same, from the creation unto Abraham; title: 2 Of the times from the birth of Abraham, to the destruction of the Temple of Salomon; title: 3 From the destruction of Jerusalem, to the time of Philip of Macedon; title: 4 From the reigne of Philip of Macedon, to the establishing of the kingdome, in the race of Antigonus; title: 5 From the settled rule of Alexanders successors in the East, untill the Romans (prevailing over all) made conquest of Asia and Macedon.